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050 00 $aQB51$b.C735 2001
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245 00 $aCosmic horizons :$bastronomy at the cutting edge /$cSteven Soter and Neil de Grasse Tyson, editors.
260 $aNew York :$bNew Press :$bDistributed by W.W. Norton,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $a253 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"An American Museum of Natural History book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-231).
505 00 $tForeword /$rEllen V. Futter --$tPreface: On the Cosmic Horizon /$rNeil deGrasse Tyson --$gSect. 1.$tSolar Systems.$tIntroduction /$rSteven Soter.$tA Hidden Ocean on Europa? /$rClark R. Chapman.$tThe Kuiper Belt /$rJane Luu.$tCase Study: Gerard Kuiper and the Trans-Neptunian Comet Belt.$tDetecting Extra-Solar Planets /$rDavid C. Black.$tInterplanetary Impact Hazards /$rDavid Morrison.$tProfile: Ernst Chladni and Rocks from the Sky --$gSect. 2.$tStars.$tIntroduction /$rSteven Soter.$tThe Orion Nebula: A Stellar Nursery /$rC. Robert O'Dell.$tCircumstellar Disks and the Prevalence of Life /$rSteven V. W. Beckwith.$tPlanetary Nebulae /$rAdam Frank.$tCase Study: Friedrich Bessel and the Companion of Sirius.$tWhen Stars Collide /$rMichael M. Shara.$tProfile: Cecilla Payne and the Composition of the Stars --$gSect. 3.$tGalaxies.$tIntroduction /$rSteven Soter.$tGalaxies Through Space and Time /$rHenry C. Ferguson.$tSearching for Dark Matter in Galaxies with Gravitational Lensing /$rChristopher Stubbs.
505 80 $tProfile: Vera Rubin and Dark Matter.$tFaint Galaxies /$rJulianne Dalcanton.$tActive Galaxies and Black Holes /$rRoeland P. van der Marel.$tCase Study: John Michell and Black Holes --$gSect. 4.$tUniverse.$tIntroduction /$rSteven Soter.$tMapping the Universe /$rMichael A. Strauss.$tCase Study: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.$tCosmic Expansion and Acceleration /$rRobert P. Kirshner.$tProfile: Fritz Zwicky's Extraordinary Vision.$tTwo Views of the Cosmos /$rEdward Harrison.$tProfile: Ole Roemer and the Speed of Light.$tCase Study: Olbers' Paradox: Why Is the Sky Dark at Night?$tWhat Happened Before the Big Bang? /$rLee Smolin.$tProfile: Georges Lemaitre, Father of the Big Bang --$gSect. 5.$tLife in the Universe.$tIntroduction /$rSteven Soter.$tHabitable Worlds /$rChristopher Chyba.$tSubsurface Life on the Earth and Other Worlds /$rThomas Gold.$tCan Interplanetary Rocks Carry Life? /$rH. J. Melosh.$tCase Study: Fossil Microbes from Mars?$tBringing Life to Mars /$rChristopher P. McKay.
505 80 $tProfile: Carl Sagan and the Quest for Life in the Universe --$gSect. 6.$tTechnical Frontiers.$tIntroduction /$rSteven Soter.$tGamma Ray Bursts /$rBohdan Paczynski.$tCase Study: Neutrino Observatories.$tAstrophysical Computer Modeling /$rMordecai-Mark Mac Low.$tNASA's Origins Program: Answering the Ancient Questions /$rAlan Dressler.$tProfile: Lyman Spitzer and the Space Telescope.$tSETI: The Next Forty Years /$rJill C. Tarter --$tAbout the Rose Center for Earth and Space --$tAbout the American Museum of Natural History.
650 0 $aAstronomy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009003
700 1 $aSoter, Steven.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87145860
700 1 $aTyson, Neil deGrasse.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88297103
710 2 $aAmerican Museum of Natural History.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006850
852 00 $boff,phy$hQB51$i.C735 2001